shucks

/ ʃʌks /

plural noun

1. something of little value (esp in the phrase not worth shucks )

interjection

1. an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, etc

Example Sentences

“I think he overstates his ‘aw shucks’ kind of manner.

From Los Angeles Times

Dressed in jeans, fashionable sandals and a white T-shirt emblazoned with Andy Anaheim, the city’s cheery mascot, Rubalcava offered me an aw shucks grin.

From Los Angeles Times

“Shucks, why grieve? It’s only temporary. That’s a great statue you made of me. It will be in a museum someday, I’ll bet.”

From Literature

“The Court was trying to ‘aw shucks’ its way through the current controversies by acting like it — of course — has always had standards and would have been happy to write them down for the public at any time if anyone had just asked,” said Andrew Siegal, a Seattle University law professor who studies the court.

From Seattle Times

“When you bring an act into this town, you want to bring it in heavy. Don’t waste any time with cheap shucks and misdemeanors. Go straight for the jugular. Get right into felonies.”

From New York Times

Related Words

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• exclamation
• expletive
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